PH07353: RETRIEVING DDM MEMBER WITH NAME LONGER THAN 8 BYTES RESULTS IN ERROR

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Attempt to retrieve DDM member with name longer than 8 bytes -
  the error comes before making the call to the agent - so no
  request message is sent to the agent in this case
  
  [1/10/2019  15:14 PM]
  ============================================================
  [1/10/2019  15:14 PM]  Init conversation for task 'Lib Members'.
  [1/10/2019  15:14 PM]  Error while sorting the mainframe
  members. COM error:IDispatch error #3105
  
  [1/10/2019  15:14 PM]  'Lib Members': Unknown error, calling MF!
  [1/10/2019  15:14 PM]  Unknown error, calling MF!
  [1/10/2019  15:14 PM]  End conversation for task : 'Lib
  Members'.
  
  The user's DDM member names are almost all longer than 8 bytes.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• In the AD Build Client, when adding files from mainframe and
  choosing Natural DDM members to be retrieved, the retrieval
  fails with the below error:
  "Error while sorting the mainframe members. COM error:IDispatch
  error #3105"
  

Problem conclusion

• Fixed code both in the Mainframe agent and the Build Client to
  resolve this issue.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  APPL DISCOVERY

• Fixed component ID

  5737B1600

Applicable component levels